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	<title>Dear Lucy</title>
	
	<link>http://blogs.ft.com/dearlucy</link>
	<description>This blog allows readers to submit their solutions to workplace problems that appear in Lucy Kellaway's fortnightly column</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:35:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>My boss has cuckolded me. Should I resign?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ft.com/dearlucy/2009/11/my-boss-has-cuckolded-me-should-i-resign/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ft.com/dearlucy/2009/11/my-boss-has-cuckolded-me-should-i-resign/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:34:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lucy Kellaway</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ft.com/dearlucy/?p=621</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My wife, who works at the same company as me, has for some months been conducting an illicit affair with our chief executive. She has decided to leave me and to resign her position in order to move in with him.
The affair, which has now been made very public, seems to have done no damage to him but has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Should I report an insane co-worker to human resources?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ft.com/dearlucy/2009/10/should-i-report-an-insane-co-worker-to-human-resources/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ft.com/dearlucy/2009/10/should-i-report-an-insane-co-worker-to-human-resources/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:21:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lucy Kellaway</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ft.com/dearlucy/?p=591</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My colleagues and I are convinced that one of our co-workers is insane. The details are bizarre and too numerous to go through, but as an example, when collecting clothes for needy children we found that this worker, who admitted to never having been in a relationship, mentioned that he had a basement full of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I’m worried about my unimpressive job title</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ft.com/dearlucy/2009/10/im-worried-about-my-unimpressive-job-title/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ft.com/dearlucy/2009/10/im-worried-about-my-unimpressive-job-title/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:20:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lucy Kellaway</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ft.com/dearlucy/?p=571</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I’m looking for a new job, but fear that my unimpressive title may be holding me back. I am a senior compliance manager in a big bank but my title is merely “controller”. Other people in my bank who do less senior jobs have much grandersounding titles. For instance, “head of corporate liquidity management” is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Should I resent the fact that some positions are offered only to women?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ft.com/dearlucy/2009/10/should-i-resent-the-fact-that-some-positions-are-offered-only-to-women/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ft.com/dearlucy/2009/10/should-i-resent-the-fact-that-some-positions-are-offered-only-to-women/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:17:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lucy Kellaway</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ft.com/dearlucy/?p=556</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I am a level-headed, unsexist accountant who believes strongly in meritocracy, and I’m beginning to get hacked off at the treatment handed out to my female colleagues. One of them has just won a prize for being an “emerging leader” that was only open to women. Meanwhile, one of my female bosses has just got [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Should I quit my PhD and trade fulltime at home?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ft.com/dearlucy/2009/10/should-i-quit-my-phd-and-trade-fulltime-at-home/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ft.com/dearlucy/2009/10/should-i-quit-my-phd-and-trade-fulltime-at-home/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:14:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lucy Kellaway</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ft.com/dearlucy/?p=536</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have almost finished a PhD in vascular diseases and expect to go into research. I love science and am good at it, but my salary as a researcher will be about £30,000 a year – not enough to buy a house and start a family. Recently, I came across the forex market and took [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can I question my co-workers’ bonuses?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ft.com/dearlucy/2009/09/can-i-question-my-co-workers-bonuses/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ft.com/dearlucy/2009/09/can-i-question-my-co-workers-bonuses/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 02:53:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lucy Kellaway</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ft.com/dearlucy/?p=511</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I am furious about my bonus. I worked hard all year. My numbers were great, the best I’ve ever had. I had a high evaluation from my boss and coworkers. When I was told the (very low) figure, I didn’t complain because my boss assured me he had worked hard to give me as much [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How do I regain a feeling of competence after a robbery?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ft.com/dearlucy/2009/09/how-do-i-regain-a-feeling-of-competence-after-a-robbery/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ft.com/dearlucy/2009/09/how-do-i-regain-a-feeling-of-competence-after-a-robbery/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 01:14:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lucy Kellaway</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ft.com/dearlucy/?p=491</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently, I became a manager of a small financial firm. Initially, my mainly male staff either resented me or flirted with me, but now I have won their respect. A week ago, I came to work a few hours early and was accosted by two men who pushed me inside and robbed me. They bound [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How can I get myself sacked legally?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ft.com/dearlucy/2009/09/how-can-i-get-myself-sacked-and-get-a-huge-pay-off/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ft.com/dearlucy/2009/09/how-can-i-get-myself-sacked-and-get-a-huge-pay-off/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 02:01:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lucy Kellaway</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m dreadfully bored and depressed in my job.
I work for a big bank as a portfolio manager, and have nothing to do. I tried starting new projects but have been discouraged by management. So I spend my time writing a script and studying but the fact that I have about 10 hours of work a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How do other women juggle their families and careers?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ft.com/dearlucy/2009/09/how-do-other-women-juggle-their-families-and-careers/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ft.com/dearlucy/2009/09/how-do-other-women-juggle-their-families-and-careers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:30:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lucy Kellaway</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.ft.com/dearlucy/?p=416</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I’m about to turn 30 and have just married my partner of 11 years. We both feel emotionally ready to start a family but having a child in my current job is going to be hard as I work long hours and have a long commute. I work for a male-dominated SME and there is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A blogging pause</title>
		<link>http://blogs.ft.com/dearlucy/2009/07/dear-lucy-a-blogging-pause/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.ft.com/dearlucy/2009/07/dear-lucy-a-blogging-pause/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 10:14:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lucy Kellaway is away. Dear Lucy will return in September.
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